Speaking of Li Xinyun, people who paid attention to literary and art films in previous years should be able to say "Looks Beautiful", "Dada", "There Is a Kind" these works that she has starred in. Li Xinyun's beauty on the screen is quite dazzling, and when she shows her strong makeup, she is feminine and mysterious, and this beauty is even extremely aggressive.
Dada
In recent years, when the film market is getting better and better, she rarely calls out the representative of the title, originally thinking that this is another "fading actress", but unexpectedly, she returned as a newcomer director and handed over her own director's web drama and film works. Her feature film debut, "Lobster Police", does not see her inherent image in the hearts of fans, in the past, she was inevitably labeled as a "goddess of literature and art", but this comedy action police film full of Northeast dialects and nagging jokes tore off her labels together.
Few people may know that Li Xinyun is ready to be a director, has almost more than ten years of accumulation, she said that from the beginning of college, when she finished the class to hand in the film, she handed over the largest number of the class; before she had joined several works starring herself as a screenwriter, but according to her own will and point of view to arrange film works, "Lobster Police" is the first time.
Li Xinyun in the conversation was frank without any "unspeakable questions", and when the media asked her to write her feelings on Weibo after watching "Reunion 3", she excitedly jumped out of the dirty words on the spot, and indeed did not regard herself as a female star. She also did not have the polite and cautious sense of routine of the popular female star in the interview, and took the initiative to chat with me, when she originally wanted to find Dapeng to play the male number one Du Yufei, because she was afraid that Wang Qianyuan, who was too tough to control the comedy, was also worried about depression.
She said she was still working on her next screenplay, but she still hadn't assigned a role to herself, and returning to the actor may be a long time for her, because she said that she never had a strong desire to stand in front of the camera, and only wanted to play the kind of role that other actresses didn't want to take, such as "Charlize Theron in 'The Witch'".
Pretty is not important, masochism is a pleasant process
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Some actors turn to directors because there are some things in their hearts that they want to express, and some want to open up their own paths.
Li Xinyun: I am not for personal expression, I just do what I like, spend twice as much effort as others, and do what I think is fun. Becoming a director is not a momentary change, it is more than a decade down, the accumulation of all work experience, reaching a time, it is "bang" (burst moment). I'm not a person who has to do anything, not at all shaft.
I first filmed that web drama "High Energy Doctor", originally wanted to do a comedy horror story, medical school movie, just my friend, "River God" director came back from the United States, he was not in a good state at the time, he wanted to help his friends to complete one thing together, unfortunately, just started he fell ill, just in the whole play and all the discussion process, we communicate together every day, he sent me a message, saying Xinyun I really can't do it, and then I think it will delay the crew, I think you can complete. At that time, I took on a lot of pressure and responsibility, including investment and the trust of friends, as well as the trust of the staff, and I was on the hard side. It turned out that even the shaft turned, basically 24 hours a day work is no problem, many people say that you end the director of this part of the work, must be a serious illness, no illness, directly start the post-production, Tepi real.
Later, I also had a lot of interesting things that I wanted to do, and I began to find a way, how to create, find good friends, a team I admired, and make it together. So masochism is a very pleasant process.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Are there any opportunities to push away some opportunities as an actor for this?
Li Xinyun: There are a lot of people, because in society, they will avoid a lot of labels and identities, not to say that you define yourself, but the feelings that others give you in his heart. I always don't want to be what others think I look like, you say I'm pretty, then don't play pretty, pretty is not important, pretty can't be a job bowl, can't support yourself, or do things as you think are good, others think it's good, you can.
The male protagonist of "Lobster Police" once looked for Dapeng to star
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Before you participated in the screenwriting of those works, more literary and niche, why did you write a commercial genre film this time.
Li Xinyun: In the past, when I was a screenwriter, I was exposed to literary and artistic themes, which was the director's idea, because the young screenwriter had to meet the wishes of the director or the producer, to do it in the direction he needed, just like being an actor, to first meet the first audience, the director behind the monitor, whether he met the expectations of the role in his heart. To conform to his idea first, but this idea is not necessarily my own favorite thing.
Maybe after I did these literary and niche things, I began to want to try some fun and hilarious things, so I did works like "High-energy Doctor", when I made the script of "High-energy Doctor", a lot of language humor, character relationships, I think you can dig further, there is now "Lobster Police". I think there are many kinds of comedy expressions, in addition to these cross-talk categories, small categories, and jittery baggage that we are now adapting to, there may be something that comes with the character setting, or some things caused by the contrast between the characters, I want to do more discussion in this regard.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: How did you get into the story of "Lobster Cop"?
Li Xinyun: At the beginning, I wanted to make a movie, and then I saw this news two or three years ago, I thought it was particularly interesting, and I began to conceive. I also often chat with Shen Teng's friends, talking about a lot of their own ideas, and everyone thinks that this is interesting. Because whether you are a screenwriter or a director, you are actually a storyteller, and if you tell this story to others, others will not find it attractive enough. And I want to pay attention to some different industries now, and when I understand these industries, it is also another kind of exploration of society. For example, when I did "High Energy Doctor", I studied medical school and medical system; when I did "Lobster Police", I especially enjoyed the process and it was very valuable to me.
Tickets: The film is very Guy Ritchie's style, have you been influenced by him?
Li Xinyun: "Two Big Smoking Guns" I watched three times without finishing it, in fact, there is none. I prefer the Coen brothers and Quentin, and I particularly like quentin's language, such as when two killers are about to kill, and they talk to each other about where you bought your hat. Because they are professional, there is no need to discuss tactics. I think this one is particularly advanced.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: You are a southerner, there are many northeastern dialects in the movie, and there are many northern laughs, do you have any references when creating?
Li Xinyun: Originally, the place where the true story took place was the Guangzhou area of Shenzhen, and when I went to Shenzhen, I found that many policemen were all from the south to the north, unlike the police in Beijing, all of whom were Beijingers. Now Chinese films also have a problem, China is too big. Like American movies have Westerns, the West is in that place, the language style includes the local cultural temperament is like that, but it is difficult to imagine what is the Chinese urban style.
Another point is why a large number of Northeast actors are selected, it is not deliberate, it is when doing black humor, really very good comedians, such as Liu Hua, Shen Teng, Zhou Yunpeng, they have been immersed in this field for a long time, and they have a comedy rhythm that the audience knows and recognizes, which is a plus and help for me.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: So you don't need to think about how to plant laughter for the audience, your focus is on choosing these actors?
Li Xinyun: First of all, the first point is that I want to do a different comedy, to make this script, I want to find the first candidate in my heart, and I have hit a wall many times, but people are like this, as long as they persevere, there is nothing.
At the earliest, I also looked for Dapeng, in fact, the label of Brother Qianyuan is a powerful tough guy image, I did not think at the beginning that Wang Qianyuan would be Du Yufei, and I did not think about it. I think it may be Shen Teng, Dapeng, Xu Zheng...it may be such people, but it is very unfortunate, they are not scheduled, I am very frustrated. That day with Dapeng dinner, just when I started the machine he was going to shoot "The Sewing Machine Band", he comforted me and said: Don't talk about you, Feng Xiaogang filmed "I am not Pan Jinlian" and had to choose five actors, it is not a very important thing, the key is that he came, he will have his way, his way You can immediately convert into interesting things. So I also think that it is not impossible to use a tough guy image, but nagging, and there is still a special little princess in the heart.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: In the movie, Zhang Jincheng and Liu Hua's kind of seemingly small ambiguity is very interesting, is it designed at the beginning?
Li Xinyun: The line about Jiuye (Zhang Jincheng) has been changed many times, but in the end I chose a emotional clue. One day I thought, why can't two old men feel sorry for each other and let them become confidants, I think this is funny, because they are all lonely, they may be abandoned by work and life immediately, they must have a common language, why can't the two sides of the opposite be intertwined.
I thought it was very funny, but at that time it was almost turned on, and there was still a week, I quickly changed the script, before the change I was quite worried, I did not know how to talk to the two teachers, at that time I did not know much about their personalities. I first told Brother Hua, and then told Teacher Zhang Jincheng that the reaction of the two of them at the same time was: a burst of wild laughter, which embarrassed me, and the heart said whether it was OK or not. They said, director, according to your coming, what do you want, I will go out. I said thank you so much.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: I think this is a particularly fun relationship in the movie, quietly interesting kind of fun.
Li Xinyun: Thank you.
I don't have a strong desire to stand in front of the camera
TicketIng: From an actor who is well protected on the set to a director who now shoulders a lot of responsibilities, is there a process of adjustment in mentality?
Li Xinyun: From my own point of view, I think the most important thing for people is happiness, and the happiest and happiest are two things, one is to be helped by others, and the other is to help others. The best thing in life, besides happiness, is to do what you like to do. I often think that when I get old and look back, everything I do is the most favorite thing I did at that stage.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Haven't you passed the stage of not adapting?
Li Xinyun: No, it is not about the process of adaptation or non-adaptation, but about every day, when facing difficulties, do you still think that you like this thing, just like loving a person, maybe this person has shortcomings, when the shortcomings are full, you still look at him cute, this is really love him. Doing this may be a mess every day, but after waking up the next day, it is like playing chicken blood to continue to do, that is, to love this thing.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Are you the kind of director on set who likes to demonstrate to actors?
Li Xinyun: Yes, because I am from acting, not a demonstration, I think it is a kind of discussion, in order to clearly let everyone know what I want to look like in this work.
Ticket Sales: If you were asked to play one of the characters in this movie, which one would you most like to play?
Li Xinyun: When I was making this film, I didn't want to act from the beginning, because when I made "High Energy Doctor" before, because of the unexpected situation, I had to direct and act again, and often there would be that kind of makeup, the makeup had not yet been made, and when you got to you, you had to rush to the camera, I think this is irresponsible for the role. I wanted to hide behind the camera and get a job done. I don't want to finish this job, and I will give myself a lot of excuses in the future, saying that I didn't act well at that time because I didn't have time. Also, I don't have a particularly strong desire to be a person standing in front of the camera, and I feel that I can calmly enjoy the loneliness and do what I like.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: From the time you started acting as an actor, have you always had this idea?
Li Xinyun: It has always been.
Ticket Shop: After the work on this film is over, do you want to look for a directing opportunity or a performance opportunity?
Li Xinyun: I never wait for the opportunity, I am still in a vigorous creative state, working on three scripts that I like at the same time.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Will you consider starring in the film you directed later?
Li Xinyun: I didn't think about it, when I think about roles, I will still be mainly male, which may be the reason for my personality. I don't want to write a role to play myself, if one day I directed me to act, it should be a film with no investment, absolutely low cost, and I especially want to complete a character image that is not available on the screen, and other actresses are not willing to play the kind of role, I may try.
Taobao Ticket Editorial Department: Of all the film works that exist in the world now, are there such characters as you said?
Li Xinyun: Many great actresses have done it, such as Theron in "Female Devil Head", so beautiful people fatten up like that. Life is like this, the most interesting thing is to change, constantly try yourself, break through the self-perception.